> The problem:
>
> Every time an external E-TTL capable flash is turned on (e. g. 550EX)
> and the flash ready signal is send to the camera the "Metering Mode"
> for the available light switches to "Centerweighted averaging
> metering". The display did not shows the new setting, but the camera
> did not use the current setting (e. g. evaluative, partial or spot
> metering) for the available light metering.
>
This sounds like intended behaviour to me - once the flash is on
ambient metering is for the background. I thought it was supposed to
be a variant of evaluative metering that ignored the area around the
selected focus point rather than centre weighted but it would be hard
to distinguish the two.
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